语言学平时测验1

Quiz I True or False 50 1 Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language 2 Linguistics studies particular language not language in general 3 A scientific study of language is based on what the linguists think 4 In the study of linguistics hypotheses formed should be based on language facts and checked against the observed facts 5 Phonetics is different from phonology in that the latter studies the combinations of the sounds to convey meaning in communication 6 Morphology studies how words can be formed to produce meaningful sentences 7 English is a typical tone language 8 The basic principle of IPA is using a different letter for each distinguishable speech sound 9 Both phonology and phonetics are studies of speech sound 10 The assimilation rule assimilates one sound to another by copying a feature of a sequential phoneme thus making the two phones similar 11 The writing system of a language is always a later invention used to record speech thus there are still many languages in today s world that can only be spoken but not writing 12 The open class words include prepositions 13 In classifying the English consonants and vowels the same criteria can be applied 14 By synchrony we mean to study language change and development 15 Parole refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community 16 Only words of the same parts of speech can be combined to form compounds 17 Animal call systems are not genetically transmitted 18 The English spelling exactly represents its pronunciation 19 The number of closed class words is stable forever 20 The assimilation rule assimilates one sound to another by copying a feature of a sequential phoneme thus making the two phones similar 21 The part of speech of the compound is always determined by the part of speech of the second element without exception 22 A productive morphological rule can be applied to all words 23 Sometimes derivation can apply more than once and it is possible to create multiple levels of word structure 24 Both inflectional morphemes and derivational morphemes are bound morphemes 25 The meaning of a compound can be derived from the meanings of its constituent morphemes II Multiple Choice Items 50 1 Language users can send messages which no one else has ever sent before which results from of language A displacement B productivity C arbitrariness D universality 2 In terms of manner of articulation the English consonants 1 and r are classified as A liquids B affricates C stops D fricatives 3 The morpheme al in the common word literal is a n A root B derivational affix C inflectional affix D free morpheme 4 Often referred to as a design feature of language enables speakers to produce and understand an infinite number of sentences that they have neither spoken nor heard before A dualityB productivity C displacement D arbitrariness 5 phoneticians study speech sounds from the speaker s point of view They study the process of how a speaker uses his her speech organs to produce sounds A ArticulatoryB Auditory C Acoustic D General 6 Morphemes such as er en in are all called A free morphemesB inflectional morphemes C affixes D roots 7 There is a difference between what we know which is our linguistic competence and how we use this knowledge in actual speech production and which is our linguistic performance A creation B communication C comprehension D perception 8 The sounds that begin and end the words church and judge are voiceless and voiced respectively A affricates B stops C velars D palatals 9 Morphemes which represent such grammatical categories as number tense gender and case are called morphemes A free B bound C derivational D inflectional 10 If a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use it is said to be A prescriptive B analytic C descriptive D linguistics 11 Modern linguistics regards the written language as A primary B correct C secondary D stable 12 A historical study of language is a study of language A synchronic B diachronic C prescriptive D comparative 13 Language is said to be arbitrary because there is no logical connection between and meaning A sense B sounds C objects D ideas 14 The distinction between vowels and consonants lies in A the place of articulation B the obstruction of airstream C the position of the tongue C the shape of the lips 15 What phonetic feature distinguishes the p in please and the p in speak A voicing B aspiration C roundness D nasality 16 The famous quotation from Shakespeare s play Romeo and Juliet A rose by any other name would smell as sweet well illustrates A the arbitrary nature of language B the creative nature of language C the universality of language D the big difference between human language and animal communication 17 Of the following sound combination only is permissible according to the sequential rules of phonology in English A bilk B bkil C ilkb D ilbk 18 What the element es indicates is third person singular present tense the element ed past tense and ing progressive aspect Since they are the smallest unit of language and meaningful they are also A phonemes B morphemes C allophones D phones 19 The study of language as a whole is often called linguistics A particular B general C ordinary D generative 20 The word boyish contains two A morphemes B morphs C phonemes D allophones 21 As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use and not to lay down rules for correct linguistics behavior it is said to be A prescrip